Gas Act 1986

[F1 Installation of meters in new premises etc. E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

5 (1) This paragraph applies where a meter is to be used to register the quantity of gas supplied to a consumer and— E+W+S

(a) gas has not previously been conveyed by the [F2 gas transporter] to the consumer’s premises;

(b) a new or substituted pipe is to be laid between the transporter’s main and the meter; or

(c) the meter is to be installed in a different position.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the meter shall be installed as near as practicable to the [F3 gas transporter’s] main, but within a building comprised in the premises.

(3) The meter may be installed otherwise than within a building comprised in the premises if it is installed either—

(a) in accommodation of a type and construction approved by the [F2 gas transporter] by an approval given in relation to premises generally, or to any class or description of premises; or

(b) in a separate meter house or other accommodation outside a building comprised in the premises which is approved by the transporter in the case of those particular premises.

(4) If the requirements of this paragraph are not complied with, the [F2 gas transporter] may refuse to connect or, as the case may be, disconnect the consumer’s premises.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 2B para. 5 substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)

F3 Words in Sch. 2B para. 5(2) substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(2); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)